Import tax rates by country 

Selling to a specific country? Here are some need-to-know terms, followed by a table of international tax and de minimis rates. 

An import tax is a tax on foreign goods imported into a country levied by their customs authority. Every country and even state or province has a different import tax rate, name, and criteria.

De minimis, which is Latin for “about minimal things,” is the price threshold before taxes or duties are applied to imports. For example, in Australia, a 10% tax is applied to all transactions above their 1000 AUD de minimis.

Landed cost is the total amount charged to ship items to their destination, which combines shipping, taxes, duties, fees, insurance, and the cost of the item. Import tax may be applied only to the product, but sometimes it’s applied to the product, shipping, and other fees.

Zonos can help you sell internationally with confidence by sorting the duty and tax for you. See which of our solutions best fits your needs at the bottom of the page.

Here is a list of some of the different names for import taxes from around the world:

• VAT: Value-added tax is a goods and services tax assessed in many countries.
• GST: Goods and Services Tax collected in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Canada , and India.
• IVA: Impuesto Valor Añadido or Value Added Tax in Spanish collected in Portugal and Mexico.
• CT: Consumption tax levied in Japan on sales.
• ICMS: Tax for goods and services for states in Brazil.
• PST: Provincial Sales Tax collected on sales in Canadian provinces.
• HST: Harmonized Sales Tax collected in Canadian provinces where the federal GST and provincial PST have been combined into a single value-added tax.

Tax rates and de minimis by country

Local taxes (e.g. Canada PST and HST) are not included.

Next steps

• Import taxes - Learn how Zonos calculates taxes.
• Import duty - Understand how Zonos calculates duty.
• Import fees - Get information about various additional fees included in landed cost.

Related Decoder Guides

• Country ISO codes - View the list of two-digit ISO codes by country.
• De minimis values - Learn what de minimis is and the values by country.
• Total landed cost - Read about what makes up up a landed cost.